The ruthless emperor in the late Ming Dynasty forced Chongzhen to abdicate at the beginning

Chapter 233

With the destruction of Chang'an City and the death of King Chuang, the rest of the generals, including Li Guo and Liu Zongmin, surrendered.

In just half a month, except for the remote Gansu Township, almost all prefectures and county guards in the entire northwest region have surrendered.

As for Gansu Town, which is located in the Hexi Corridor, most of the details are unknown due to the long distance and lack of information.

At this time, the armies from all walks of life had also arrived outside the city of Chang'an. According to Zhu Cihong's intention, Hong Niangzi asked Wu Sangui to lead an army of 15 to Hanzhong, and at the same time sent another envoy to issue an ultimatum to the Eighth King Zhang Xianzhong.

They were both from the Rebel Army, and there was no enmity between Hong Niangzi and the Eight Great Kings, so for Zhang Xianzhong and his generals, Hong Niangzi didn't want to kill them all, and finally gave them one last chance.

Although the terrain in Hanzhong is steep, it has been easy to defend and difficult to attack since ancient times. Although almost all the previous garrisons were taken away by Sun Kewang, after the situation in the northwest was critical, the Eight Kings still cobbled together 5 troops to garrison Hanzhong.

Although there were 5 people, most of them were recruited temporarily, and their combat effectiveness was really unsatisfactory. What's more, the Daxi Army had no generals except Li Dingguo, so Zhang Xianzhong had to go to Hanzhong to defend against the enemy in person again.

However, Li Dingguo in Eastern Shu and the [-] troops under his command did not dare to dispatch a single soldier to Hanzhong for support.

Because of Qin Lihua's 3 white soldiers and Li Dakai's ninth town of [-] troops, Li Dingguo was under tremendous pressure, and he didn't dare to relax in the slightest.

The point is that there is no danger to defend. For the past six months, the armies of the two sides have been confronting each other on both sides of the Yangtze River. Although they have tried each other, there has never been a major war.

Qin Lihua and Li Dakai did not fight for a long time, not because they were afraid of fighting, but because they were implementing Zhu Cihong's strategy of focusing on defense.

Li Dingguo also didn't dare to take the initiative to attack, because if the battle was unfavorable, the Ming army would drive straight in and everything would be over.

It can be said that neither side is sure of victory, but at this time the northwest has been breached by the Ming army, even if Qin Lihua and Li Dakai are defeated, Li Dingguo will never dare to go down the river and enter Huguang.

So the two of them didn't have the slightest worry anymore, and immediately planned to fight Li Dingguo on the west bank, wanting to enter Chengdu City one step ahead of the Northern Army.

Apparently, the two were also affected. They subconsciously believed that the Eighth and Ninth Towns belonged to the Southern Army, and they both became more competitive.

Although Mu Guogong of Yunnan was also eager to make contributions and wanted to show himself in front of the emperor, he led his army to attack Sichuan from the south, but without the imperial decree of the emperor and the transfer order of the governor's office, he did not dare to lead his army out of Yunnan without authorization, so I can only do it in a hurry.

In fact, Mu Guogong is more anxious about the emperor's attitude towards Mu Guogong's lineage. Although they are Mu Guogong's lineage and live in Yunnan, the emperor seems to have forgotten Yunnan and Mu Guogong when carrying out drastic military reforms. Duke Mu had to think wildly, speculating all day whether the emperor wanted to revoke Duke Mu's mansion.

"General Qin, this Li Dingguo is really not simple. I didn't expect there to be such a character among the rebels!"

After fighting for several days in a row, the Ming army did not take advantage of the slightest, which made Li Dakai frowned slightly, and put away his original contempt.

"This Li Dingguo is indeed a rare general talent. His military strategy is far superior to that of Sun Kewang and Liu Wenxiu. If we want to defeat him, I am afraid our army will have to pay a lot of price."

Qin Lihua nodded, with a regretful expression on her face.

The Baiganbing had fought against the Daxi Army more than once or twice, so she knew Zhang Xianzhong's four adopted sons very well.

This Li Dingguo joined the bandit army at the age of 12, and led the army alone at the age of 14. He traveled with Zhang Xianzhong, fled from east to west, and lost many battles and won many victories.

So even though he was young, only 25 years old, his battle experience was not inferior to those veterans who had been fighting for many years. He was simply a freak.

It made her completely unaware that her opponent was just a young man in his early twenties, more like a white-haired veteran who had gone through vicissitudes of life on the battlefield.

"Then, does General Qin have a plan to defeat the enemy?"

Although both of them were lieutenant generals, Qin Lihua was still a female general, but Li Dakai didn't intend to overpower her, instead he discussed everything with her.

Because he knew that he was fine in charge, but if he wanted to command an army of [-] to compete with someone like Li Dingguo, he would probably suffer a big loss.

"General Li is being polite. The other party is waiting for work. Apart from fighting hard, I don't have any good strategies to defeat the enemy. But now that the bandit army is gone, Li Dingguo is also a smart man. Why don't you send envoys to try again? If you can persuade him to surrender, It would be best if there is no bloodshed."

Qin Lihua said modestly, obviously it was not a last resort, and she did not want to fight to the death with the Daxi Army, after all, Bashu Erlang was the one who was killed or injured.

"Well, according to what General Qin said, I hope that Li Dingguo can understand current affairs." Li Dakai nodded.

Immediately, the two sent an envoy across the river to the Daxi army camp.

"General Li, King Chuang has long since died and been defeated. Your three brothers and sisters were also defeated in Huguang and hid in the mountains. Now that the situation is clearly over for you, why are you so obsessed with it?

My old general cherishes your talent. As long as General Li is willing to submit to the imperial court, my old general is willing to personally play His Majesty, intercede for the general and the [-] soldiers under him, and recommend him. I hope the general will think twice! "

The messenger said bitterly.

Li Dingguo naturally understood that the old general he was referring to was Qin Liangyu, and he also admired this female general who did not give in to others.

Hearing this, he also sighed a long time, cupped his hands and said: "Please go back and tell Old General Qin, the junior Li Dingguo thanked her for her great love, and the junior dare not make decisions on her own, and need to discuss with the adoptive father and the elderly before replying, please Wait a little longer!"

"Okay, I will definitely bring the words to you."

Seeing that the envoy had come to this point, he still had to discuss with Zhang Xianzhong. While admiring his loyalty, he was also helpless, so he had to leave first.

After hearing Li Dingguo's reply, Qin Lihua and Li Dakai were equally astonished.

Because the [-] Great Western Army were all Li Dingguo's confidantes, and that Zhang Xianzhong had already become a widow. Li Dingguo could make his own decisions, and he didn't care about Zhang Xianzhong's attitude at all.

For a while, the two of them were also caught in a dilemma, because if the delay continued, Wu Sangui would probably end up in Hanzhong.

With the tens of thousands of rabble that Zhang Xianzhong put together temporarily, it is impossible to stop the 10,000+ field army, even with natural dangers.

"Go again and tell Li Dingguo that I will only give him seven days. If he still refuses to surrender after seven days, the army will cross the river and everything will be destroyed. I hope he can take care of himself."

The two discussed for a while, and finally Qin Li spoke slowly.

(End of this chapter)